Monthly Archive for December, 2010

: December, 2010

Peter King assembled New York’s new Republican House members to warn them about the coming redistricting fight.
Charlie Rangel has started a legal defense fund.
A look at the perils of snow politics.
The Daily Kos compares the responses of Chris Christ… …

In a wide-ranging interview before he prepares to leave the House of Representatives, Hudson Valley Congressman John Hall warned that the nation could quickly descend into Fascism if more is not done to curb the influence of corporate money in politics… …

Past and present members of the Legislative Correspondents Association gathered this afternoon to remember veteran Capitol reporter Jay Gallagher of Gannett News Service, who passed away in the spring …

The two largest public workers unions are mounting a series of coordinated vigils across the state as a last-ditch effort to plead for the 800-odd workers targeted for layoff as of Jan. 1. The largest …

Council member Letitia James was on CNN’s “American Morning” today and joined the chorus of elected officials blasting the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg for their snow removal efforts.
“It’s clear the administration…has failed,” James sai… …

A somber yet defiant Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared at the Office of Emergency Management in downtown Brooklyn today to defend his administration’s response to the blizzard that walloped the city on Sunday night.
The mayor said that he was overseeing… …

After a prolonged post-election radio silence, failed G.O.P. gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino appears to be back to addressing the people again. Yesterday he released an open letter to the ESDC criticizing their economic development policies in Buff… …

Newark residents have been the lucky constituents of America’s hardest-working mayor since Cory Booker took office in 2006. And while his jurisdiction doesn’t extend beyond the embattled New Jersey city, his Twitter presence is such that his voice can … …